Originally Posted by snootyjim 
I'm well aware that PCI-E allows a faster connection, but my point still stands - where would you notice that speed increase?
Anything that uses the hard disk?
Searching, loading, you name it? The PCI-E MB/s speeds are more than 3x SATA SSDs...
Originally Posted by TooNice things like Fusion-io as a nice tech-demo of things to come, but not as something I, or the average enthusiast would buy (high price, non-bootable)
They are bootable, that one might not be but most seem to be:
http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News...x?NewsId=25975 google.com/search?q=boot+OR+bootable+pci-e+ssd+-eee+-"mini+pcie"